Aseptic shaving-cup.



J. M. ALLSPAW. ASEPTIC SHAVING CUP. APPLICATION FILED -IUIY I1, 1914.

Patented une 22,' 1915.

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JOHN lVL ALLSPAW, 0F MIDDLETOWN, OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 22, 1915.

Application led. July 17, 1914. Serial No. 851,545.

T0 all whom t may concern Be it known that l, JOHN M. ALLsrAw, a citizen of the United States, residing at Middletown, in the county of Butler and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Aseptic Shaving-Cups, of which the following is a speciiication.

rllhis invention relates to shaving cups and pertains especially to a shaving cup for holding an antiseptic so that the water supplied to the cup for shaving purposes will be treated with the antiseptic before the water passes into the cup.

The object of the invention is to provide shaving cups with an antiseptic chamber into which the shaving water is poured, and from which the water passes into the cup.

A further object of the invention is to provide a shaving cup having a water chamber or receptacle upon the outer periphery, such chamber adapted to retain an antiseptic and having a water duct or channel leading through the wall of the cup.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a novel and peculiar device for suspending an antiseptic in a chamber of a shaving cup so as to permit the water to submerge the antiseptic during the passage of the water into the cup.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this application z-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shaving cup embodying mv invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the cup taken through the supplemental chamber. Fig. 3 is a detail elevation of the antiseptic holder. Fig. 4 is a detail view of a modification.

The same reference characters denote the same parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

ln carrying out my invention ll preferably use a cup 1` which may be composed of any of the well known material of which such cups are usually made. The cup is provided with a suitable handle 2, and the cup has a contracted bottom 3 for holding a cake of shaving soap Zl. An inner breast 5 eX- tends from the top of the soap holder into the inner periphery of the cup.

@ne of the novel and essential features of the invention consists in forming a supplemental water chamber 6 in or upon the outer periphery of the cup. The bottom of the chamber 6 has a water aperture 7, and a water duct 8 extends downwardly and inwardly from the aperture 7 through the wall of the cup adjacent to the top of the breast 5, so as to carry the shaving water from the chamber 6 onto the breast 5, whence the water falls upon the top surface of `the cake of soap. Obviously the shape and depth of the chamber 5 may be varied according to the character and design of the cup.

Another novel feature, essential in carrying out my invention, is the means for suspending or holding an antiseptic, preferably in the form of a tablet and composed of bichlorid of mercury. Said means preferably consist of a coiled wire 9 adapted to be compressed for inserting` it into the chamber 6, and allowing the wire to expand so that its ends will abut against the inner face of the chamber and thereby be retained therein in proper position for holding an antiseptic tablet 10, which is inserted into the coil prior to placing the coil in the chamber'. The coil suspends the tablet above the aperture 7 so that the tablet and its holder will not interfere with the passage of water through the channel or duct 8. The tablet holder may be of various forms, for eX- `ample the holder shown in Fig. 4C of the drawings is in the form of a wire mesh or gauze basket 11, having hooks 12 for engaging the top edge of the chamber, whereby it is suspended. As shown in Fig. 5 the chamber 13 is flush with the rim of the cup 14 and a tablet 15 is suspended by a spiral holder 16. y

Obviously the shaving water is poured into the chamber and upon the tablet so as to wash away enough of the tablet during the water flow through the duct into the cup for purifying the water and thereby producing aseptic shaving water.

It will be seen that the tablets may be changed or renewed as desired or as occasion may demand by simply removing or replacing the tablet holder.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A shaving cup having a central soap cavity in the bottom thereof, a vertical water chamber the walls thereof projecting outwardly and upwardly from the side of the cup and terminating in an open end above the top of the cup, a water duct eX tending from the bottom of the chamber through the side of the cup for discharging Water into the cup above said cavity, and a removable holder comprising a wire coil adapted to be compressed for inserting it into and orosswise the chamber and abutting against the said walls whereby the holder is suspended for holding an aseptie tablet, substantially as shown and described.

2. A shaving cup having a central soap cavity in the bottom thereof, a water eha1nber the walls thereof projecting outwardly and upwardly from the side of the cup and Y terminating in an open end above the top of the cup, a water duct extending from the bottom of the Chamber through the side of the cup for discharging water into the cup 15 above said cavity, and a removable holder composed of wire for suspending a tablet in said chamber.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN M. ALLSPAV. Witnesses ANTHONY H. WALBURG, ANNA B. FAY.

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